Rishabh Shukla
Pune
Summary
Scientist with 13+ years of experience in the steel and metals industry, delivering data-driven, simulation-enabled, and digital solutions across production, quality, and process optimization to drive digital transformation and Industry 4.0 initiatives. Proven expertise in diagnosing client challenges, translating operational problems into PoCs, pilots, and scalable digital solutions, and supporting end-to-end delivery from requirements to value realization. Strong background in ICME, digital twins, advanced analytics, and stakeholder engagement, with a consulting mindset aligned to measurable business outcomes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Scientist
Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
07.2012 - Current
- Supported digital and Industry 4.0 transformation programs for global steel manufacturers, aligning advanced modeling and analytics solutions with client business objectives, and operational KPIs.
- Participated in diagnosing production and quality challenges, converting shop-floor issues into structured requirements, solution concepts, and actionable digital roadmaps.
- Contributed across the full solution lifecycle — requirement gathering, solution design, PoC, and pilot development, testing, validation, and deployment support.
- Developed ICME-based integrated process modeling frameworks, providing end-to-end visibility across steelmaking operations, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
- Built digital twins and surrogate models to accelerate operational decisions, reduce trial and error on the shop floor, and improve process consistency.
- Executed design space exploration and optimization studies to define robust process windows, improving metallurgical stability, and quality outcomes.
- Created centerline segregation prediction models, enabling proactive quality grading and reduction of downstream rejections.
- Delivered client-facing presentations, PoVs, and conceptual architectures, articulating the business value of simulation-led and data-enabled digital solutions.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver a PoC for the CPG industry involving IoT-enabled data ingestion, contextualization of operational data, and creation of real-time monitoring dashboards, enabling improved asset health visibility, predictive maintenance insights, and sustainability-linked performance tracking (energy efficiency, process stability, waste reduction).
- Conducted Voice-of-Customer (VoC)–driven analysis to shape PoC proposals and position digital transformation solutions across metals and industrial clients.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, India04-2012
Skills
- Technical expertise and domain knowledge
- Steel manufacturing operations
- Process optimization strategies
- Data analysis proficiency
- Digital twins, surrogate modeling, and optimization
- PoC, PoV, pilot, and MVP development
- Client diagnostics, requirement gathering, and value articulation
- Cross-functional stakeholder management
- Client presentations, workshops, and solution storytelling
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Critical thinking abilities
- MS Office 365 proficiency
Certification
EdX Honor Code Certificate for Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making.
Accomplishments
Young Scientist Award, 2018.
Thought Leadership
- Published 8+ journal articles and 10+ conference papers on ICME, digital modeling, and steelmaking optimization
- Authored a white paper on leveraging digital technologies for accelerated materials design and manufacturing innovation
- Contributor to multiple integrated optimization and surrogate modeling frameworks, supporting digital transformation in the metals industry
Timeline
Scientist
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2012 - Current
Bachelor of Technology - Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology